Monthly Archives: October 2017

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From 4 1/2 year in the past (appropriately enough), a Glove & Boots video about time travel: Link: https://youtu.be/75nBenOWul0 I've long been a fan of Glove & Boots, so I was distressed to learn that their views and revenues have … Continue reading →

How did I not know about this before? Just over ten years ago the Japanese company Crypton Future Media released computer software that can be used to generate a female singing voice, originally in Japanese and later in English and … Continue reading →

A relatively new attraction in New York's Times Square is Gulliver's Gate, something like a huge model train set the size of a football field reproducing famous locations around the world in 1:87 scale. It includes the city's own Grand … Continue reading →

In a Mexican restaurant the other night I saw the U.S. soccer team fall to Trinidad y Tobago and thus get eliminated from next year's World Cup competition. (It said it on the screen: "EE UU eliminado.") Except that this … Continue reading →

This eight-minute clip from PBS NewsHour does a pretty good job of synopsizing when people need to know about investing: Link: https://youtu.be/JdUKhgW1gOo An even shorter version would be to invest as much as you can in a tax-sheltered retirement or … Continue reading →

Here's yet another excellent segment from HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, this one about Confederate monuments and their connection to history. As usual he makes interesting points, and he does so very entertainingly. If you don't want to … Continue reading →

Today President Trump signed a new executive order that would, once fully implemented, allow a lot of people to obtain cheaper but lousier health insurance. (Actually, as you can see in this clip, he almost forgot to sign it, but … Continue reading →

Yesterday Kevin Drum pointed out two more examples of the results of Trump's efforts to sabotage Obamacare, mainly by hinting he will refuse to permit the legally required cost sharing reduction payments to be made but refusing to say definitely. … Continue reading →

Vice President Mike Pence and his wife have a pet rabbit named Marlon Bundo, who apparently has written a children's books about how the vice president spends his days. I hope the bunny mentions Pence's political stunt of spending hundreds … Continue reading →